The Wilmingtonian., 1887-06-04
Deer Park.

The one important question now discus
ed in hundreds of families in this city is,
Where shall we pass the heated Summer
term?''
We take it that Healthfulness, Desira-
bility of Associations, Natural Attractions
and Accessibility enter largely in the deter
mining agencies which decide where rest,
recreation and recuperation shall be sought.
Those familiar with the topogr- ply Of Deer
Park and having once felt the invigorating
influences of its raretied atmosphere need
not the second invitation to make this their
summer resort. Deer Park is located at the
highest crest Of the Alieghenys, nearly
1000 feet above the sea level. The scenery
as may well be imagined from this point is
indescribably grand In the far away dis
tanee you get mellowed glimpse of the
Blue Ridge where it lifts its rregularly cur
vated heads into that indescribable azure
atmosphere that colors it, aud from which it
deserves its name.
Nowhere else within convenient reach of
the whole country between the Atlantic and
the Mississippi is there anything comparable
to it for diversity, picturesqueuess, and
charm. 1t unfOlds fresh beauties day after
day, as one pushes his way along the noun
ain paths, follows the sparkling streams, or
gains the summit Of any Of the activities,
and beholds therefrom the ranges that seem
| like gigantic earth-waves upon which the
| spell of immortality had suddenly been laid
| To the iaded men and women Of the cities,
worn down with winter Of work and with
| the duties of society, it is as near panacea
as ANYTHING on earth. They come to The
/ GIades in menfaI and physical debility. they
return home with quickened pulses, rich
blood, strengthened muscles, expanded
lungs, and alert minds. There are tonic
properties in the breath Of these forests and
in the mountain zephyrs that, in the proyi-
dence of Nature exist to brace up the en-
feebled frame and restore intellectual Vigor.
Not the least OF these functions is the cure
Of sleeplessness--a malady that the tension
of the nervous and high-struuo life Of sue
cessful Americans has particularly inflicted
upon them. The victim Of insomnia knows
that his defenseS against all diseases are
broken down, and he knows, too, that nc
medical skill can bless him with the "SleeI
that knits up the raveled sleeve of Care
But where Science fails, Nature comes tc
the relief OF her children, and, away zip here
on tile backbone of the Appalachian ridge
the insomniacs, who may be numbered by
annual hundreds, have found that consola
ton which only an nsomniac can under
| eIon eli hn Ela
in which body and brain conformity share
and from which they emerge ready to TAX
up the burdens and fight the battles of NOR
tality. All visitors to The Glades have re
marked upon this especial property of tn
atmosphere, and long roll Of invalids hav
been benefited by it. And in all other re
) spects Deer Park is a sauitarium withou
being hospital. When the annual conven
tion of the American Medical Association
was lately held here, the most eminent ply
sicans among its members were requeste
I to make an investigation of the sanitar
q conditions, and the result was certificate
A signed by the committee (Which comprise
/, some of the most prominent sanitarians !
: the country, declaring the precautions an
: arrangements in this regard to be pract
y; cally faultle5s Tie water was found to b
$ brought from crystal spring into the hous
by gravitatiOn, and stress was laid upon I'll
fact that the stables and vaults were 50 IA
removed from the hotel AS to preclude an
= possibility Of contamination. Since la
y season an additional and bnuntiful supp
u of water has been added from the celebrate
boiling springs, which are distinguished f
the great curative valne Of their watsr
to the sewerage system, the servants qua
!. tiers, the kichens, and other subsdia
" buildings, the .epo,t highly commend
., their excellence in Ill the features that sa
itary experts could insist upon.
7 Living at the Deer Park Hotel means
7 that the term living implies.
- The cuisine at the Deer Park Hotel Il
, never been anything else than mp to t
" mark of the foremost hotels and restaurau
= and has been noted for certain lu4urieS Il
- are only to he obtained in the mountain
1t is hardly worth while to say that uut
y the present administration there will be
" change unless it be for the better, if ii
- be poss bic. But the table is merely one
the recommendations of the Deer Park /
tel The newcomer is rather asrunished,
the outset, to discover that the entire hol
~ :, is lighted by electricity that the 6edroo
an IN are very much larger than dry goods box
that the furniture is substantial and elega
- the carpets soft and thick the beds dow
: n and the coverings generous; and he ma
| . down the difference between this and SO
nd other place at which he has eudeavored
+ make ''vacation" spell pleasure. !" Throu
out the hotel there is an air Of quiet